Costco, worth it?

[HereBeMonsters]

Get the exec membership - 2% cashback on everything you buy, and if it doesn't come to the £50 cost of membership, they refund you.

Or, of course, just have an American Express credit card. Auto membership.

[steveo3002]

greggy50 said:

How solid is this check?

I could easily bullst that I work in education which seems to be allowed...

My contract I work provides soft + hard fm to about 20 schools and is part of the education sector within the company I work for.

i joined online and took in paperwork to prove i was a concorde pilot or whatever it was , they just had a quick look and processed it

https://members.costco.co.uk/MemberSignupsUI/Enter...

pick a job - take in wage slip

Edited by steveo3002 on Thursday 30th October 15:04

[JDiz]

HereBeMonsters said:

Get the exec membership - 2% cashback on everything you buy, and if it doesn't come to the £50 cost of membership, they refund you.

Or, of course, just have an American Express credit card. Auto membership.

I thought that was just with the true earnings card, does any amex card get membership? cant find a link about it anywhere

[HereBeMonsters]

JDiz said:

HereBeMonsters said:

Get the exec membership - 2% cashback on everything you buy, and if it doesn't come to the £50 cost of membership, they refund you.

Or, of course, just have an American Express credit card. Auto membership.

I thought that was just with the true earnings card, does any amex card get membership? cant find a link about it anywhere

You still have to pay, I think, but there's a massive picture of "how to get membership" above the desk in our local store, and one of the options is "American Express".

[DSLiverpool]

Where else can you buy a 65" TV to watch the world cup and returns it for a full refund afterwards - madness!

[Gareth79]

greggy50 said:

How solid is this check?

I could easily bullst that I work in education which seems to be allowed...

My contract I work provides soft + hard fm to about 20 schools and is part of the education sector within the company I work for.

I work for a company that does various things, but about 75% is FA-regulated insurance brokering, but my payslip comes from a subsidiary Ltd company with more a vague sector description.

I once applied at the Reading store and the membership lady called upstairs and apparently their check was limited to Googling the name and refusing membership because they couldn't find anything related to insurance. Clearly looking on D&B or companies house would have found the links easily, but they couldn't be bothered.

Oh, and then on the way out I was stopped by the door guy who insisted he had the right to look in my bag, to which obviously I refused saying I wasn't bound by their membership terms. I pondered just leaving but suggested the manager should come and teach them the actual law, which he did.

[AB]

hollydog said:

Definitely worth it . crystal Champaign £114 per bottle . Bargin when I pay £280 in the bars when I got out on a Saturday night.

The only people who buy Cristal are those that can't spell it

[greggy50]

AB said:

The only people who buy Cristal are those that can't spell it

Main benefit for me is the Ciroc Vodka 1.75l for about £60

I got my friend to purchase me 4 bottles of the stuff when my student loan in last year and it lasted me a whole 2 months...

[Sheepshanks]

HereBeMonsters said:

JDiz said:

HereBeMonsters said:

Get the exec membership - 2% cashback on everything you buy, and if it doesn't come to the £50 cost of membership, they refund you.

Or, of course, just have an American Express credit card. Auto membership.

I thought that was just with the true earnings card, does any amex card get membership? cant find a link about it anywhere

You still have to pay, I think, but there's a massive picture of "how to get membership" above the desk in our local store, and one of the options is "American Express".

I'm pretty sure that's not right. There's a Costco AMEX card, but you have to be a Costco member in the first place to get that card.

[Sheepshanks]

DSLiverpool said:

Where else can you buy a 65" TV to watch the world cup and returns it for a full refund afterwards - madness!

Most stuff (apart from TVs etc, which they changed a few years ago) being effectively guaranteed for ever is a big potential benefit of shopping there.

Not quite sure how cheeky you can be - I'm wondering if I can take some worn-out tyres back.

[MrJuice]

I'm debating whether to renew my membership. Expires in December.

I bought a six pack of sensodyne for £15 from Costco. Same size was available in waitrose 2 for £5. Exactly the same price. But with my Costco purchase I have to store five extra tubes. Same with anything and everything. Yes it is cheaper but it takes storage space and extra time to buy this stuff. I might have saved a few hundred pounds on purchases totalling about £2k (!) In the last ten months but the ten or so trips have resulted in me spending more time than I needed to shopping.

A plus point is they refund without quibble. I have taken some food items back that tasted st. I've not taken electrical but saw a chap returning a coffee machine for £500 approx four years after purchase. I guess that has got to be worth £25 a year (trade membership here)

[anonymous-user]

Used to be a member, but the same items often cheaper elsewhere. Why pay for the privilege of buying stuff at the same price!

[tali1]

MrJuice said:

I'm debating whether to renew my membership. Expires in December.

I bought a six pack of sensodyne for £15 from Costco. Same size was available in waitrose 2 for £5. Exactly the same price. But with my Costco purchase I have to store five extra tubes. Same with anything and everything. Yes it is cheaper but it takes storage space and extra time to buy this stuff. I might have saved a few hundred pounds on purchases totalling about £2k (!) In the last ten months but the ten or so trips have resulted in me spending more time than I needed to shopping.

A plus point is they refund without quibble. I have taken some food items back that tasted st. I've not taken electrical but saw a chap returning a coffee machine for £500 approx four years after purchase. I guess that has got to be worth £25 a year (trade membership here)

But do you have to still be a member when you return the item ?

[TinyCappo]

Returned a 4.5year old Bosche silverline battery under the 5 year warranty no question looked it up under my purchase history no receipt 2 minutes job done.

[eltawater]

Dan_1981 said:

Are in store prices the same as website prices?

For example 1kg of chicken breasts (free range) 4 breasts - is £17.99 plus VAT?!

Which seems rather alot.

That's a kilo of free range, and it's no VAT. Tesco cornfed is around £15, so a little bit cheaper.

Costco normal chicken breasts are around £6.70/kg in a ~2.25kg box, and even cheaper when they're on offer for £3 off a box.

[Dan_1981]

eltawater said:

Dan_1981 said:

Are in store prices the same as website prices?

For example 1kg of chicken breasts (free range) 4 breasts - is £17.99 plus VAT?!

Which seems rather alot.

That's a kilo of free range, and it's no VAT. Tesco cornfed is around £15, so a little bit cheaper.

Costco normal chicken breasts are around £6.70/kg in a ~2.25kg box, and even cheaper when they're on offer for £3 off a box.

Thanks for that - Did notice they were the fancy freerange herb fed stuff but it was the only thing listed.

Good to know they do "standard" stuff also.

It's "big shop" weekend so considering joining up and trying it out while we need lots and lots of stuff.

[eltawater]

From what I can see, most of the fresh range within a Costco warehouse isn't actually listed on the website.

They do great big packs of steaks, pork fillets, diced beef etc. Just make sure that you have enough freezer bags to hand to parcel them off into the freezer for later usage

[berlintaxi]

eltawater said:

They do great big packs of steaks, pork fillets, diced beef etc. Just make sure that you have enough freezer bags to hand to parcel them off into the freezer for later usage

They're in the next aisle with the cleaning stuff, ziploc bags most useful

[JungleJim]

I'm going there for some ribs for my tea tomorrow night. Wonder what else I'll come back with.

[heppers75]

JungleJim said:

I'm going there for some ribs for my tea tomorrow night. Wonder what else I'll come back with.

4 packs of diet coke, a box of curly wurlys. 2 frozen lamb legs, 8 packs of dishwasher tablets, 4 cases of red wine, 4 cases of white, 3 litres of rum, 3 litres of gin, 4 boxes of crisps, 8 pairs of kirkland chinos a 65" TV and a jet ski!